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Auburn, Al, Us

Auburn, Al, Us

3I Space Dynamics Lab

Research focus included the application of machine learning methods to spacecraft path-planning and control strategies. This work also included novel investigations into the realm of human-AI cooperative learning schemes, in which innate human path-planning logic domains are transferred to autonomous agents in order to achieve more generalized and contextual path-planning decisions in chaotic and unknown environments.Full thesis is available at: https://etd.auburn.edu/handle/10415/8214

The Dark Ages signal is a cosmological phenomenon that is unable to be observed from Earth due to ionospheric interference. Therefore, it is widely proposed that the study of the very low frequency Dark Ages signal be done utilizing a spaceborne architecture. The S.N.A.I.L. (Self-folding Nautilus Antenna for Interferometry with Long-baseline) concept study proposes the use of a shape memory polymer (SMP) bus to deploy an multi-kilometer interferometer array in cislunar space. The initial configuration of the bus can be wound into a co-planar spiral, with a diameter that allows for storage within launch vehicle payload fairing constraints. Once in orbit, the SMP bus will be deployed, and solar energy will be used to fold the SMP bus into a designated spiral geometry that will serve as the interfermoeter basis.Personal Responsibilities: 1. Study of various spaceborne interferometry architectures2. Development of uv plane performance simulation framework3. Derivation, simulation development, and modeling of various spiral folding laws based on kinematics4. Derivation and simulation development of spiral deployment dynamics in cislunar space

Poincare Maps can be utilized to visualize the shadows of high dimensional invariant tori on low dimensional spaces. As such, these methods can be leveraged for designing targeting algorithms in high fidelity dynamics, wherein the equations of motion become non-autonomous. In these cases, the targeting problem becomes both a function of state and epoch, where solutions emanating from the same returns on a Poincare Map may yield vastly different solutions at different epochs. It may be beneficial to enhance Poincare Maps with chaos indicators, such as the Finite Time Lyapunov Exponent (FTLE) to study the epoch dependence for targeting bounded motion.

Team Au-Lu

Water Acquisition Test For Exploration And Return (Water)

Dr. Davide Guzzetti

Dr.Masatoshi Hirabayashi

Tryad Cubesat Mission

Tryad Cubesat Mission

Master'S Degree

Bachelor'S Degree

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd